The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“But perhaps the greatest threat is that we lack the mechanism of consensus, a way of making up our collective minds.” — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“Create Dangerously.” And, as I ponder the fusing of servant and leader, it seems a dangerous creation: dangerous for the natural servant to become… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
One must not be afraid of a little silence. Some find silence awkward or oppressive. But a relaxed approach to dialogue will include the… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Moral authority is another way to define servant leadership because it represents a reciprocal choice between leader and follower. If the leader is principle centered, he or she will develop moral authority. If the follower is principle centered, he or she will follow the leader. In this sense, both leaders and followers are followers. Why? They follow truth. They follow… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share
The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work. — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream. — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“The variable that marks some periods as barren and some as rich in prophetic vision is in the interest, the level of seeking, the… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share Image
